Insect catcher



Mar. 6, 1923. 1,447,375

Z. BURROUGHS INSEGT CA'IGHER Filed Feb. 25, 1922 2 sheets-sheet l l y, Insnc'rcATcHnR. y i

Patented Mar. 6,1923. i d l i "j ZEPHINEAH BU]:'tRO`'GHS,y OF WATERTOWN, SOUTH DAKOTA.

i Application aie'd February 23, 1922. serial no. 538,678.

To all whom t '1n-ay concern.' Figure ,5 is a vsection taken on the line Be it known ,that` I, ZEPHINEAH BriR- --5 of l'figure 3. Renens, a citizen ofthe United States, re- Referring 110W more particularly to the siding at Watertown, in 'the county of drawings,` the numeral l0 indicates spaced 5 Codington and State vof South Dakota, side members maintained in spaced position 60 have invented certain new and useful 1m by inverted U frames, the arms ll of the provements in Insect Catchers, of which the U frames -being secured to the side members following is a specicatiomreference being and the bight portions l2 thereof each havhad to the accompanying drawings. v ing'an eye 13 secured thereto having a fienio This invention vr'erlafesL-O insect Catchers, ible element 14C mounted therein and pro- 65 and has for an important object thereof vided at its free end with a hook 15. The the provisin 0f an insect Catcher which `lJ-'shaped frame members are preferably two *may be readily' `attached to cuitivators. 111 ieumleer,` the forward frame member be.-

A further object of the invention is to pro- 111g' SeCHIed t0 the lside members adjacent Vide in Combination with a Cultivatoremthe forward end thereof and the rear frame 70 bodying spaced gangs of cultivating implememberbemg secured to the side members 'ments `adapted to operate` at opposite sides et e 100mt SPeeeel lllwerdly frem'tbe rear of a row vof plants, means forsupporting an elldSOf bhe Slde members. insect catcher forwardly and intermedi# The 51de members have formed ab the at@ 0f jthggangg to Operate upon the plants lower end upon .the inner side thereof a 75 of the row prior to the operation ofthe tapered trough lo, the, lnnerweu 17 of bhe Cultivating implements in Order that the trough being secured to theside members.

earth disturbed by the gangs may not interab the foward endg as et 18: @mobo a trough fer6 with the proper Operation of the insect end closure 19 which closes the rear end of micheld the trough. The upper edges of the inner 80 A still further objectrof4 the invention is Wens llland the end Closures 19 are Pro to provide a device of this character which vloed Wltb return bends 2o Overberlglbg the is particularly adapted for use in connection trough for e, Purpose berelnefter to appear- `vith rows of plants in which the plants have The mlmerel M deelgrleree a borlzonbeuy not come up in Aregular lines, as for example, dleposed Subebenblelly V-Sbebed ebllbmene 85 in conjunction with rows of potato plants. member bev-'bg the angle of tbe V forwardly A still further object of the invention is dlrected end the ends 0f the @HHS thereof to provide an insect catcher which is simple outwardly erlng end SereY threadedand efficient in construction and operation, Theee SCreW- threaded ende are lIleIChoIlgedurable in service, and a general improveably flreeted thlOUgh OpeIllIlgS 22 formed 1H 90 ment in the are the side members 10 at points adjacent the Other' Objects and advantages of the in rear .end thereof and are held in adjusted vention will become apparent throughout position by means of binding nuts 23 en the course of the following description.' geglng O pposlte Sides of thel side members,

4o 4In the accompanying drawings wherein the binding nuts permitting spreading of 95 for the purpose of illustration is shown a the V-Slllped abutment member when so depreferred embodiment of my invention and Sired. c wherein like reference characters designate The numeral 24 designates a cultivator like parts throughout: having spaced gangs 25 of cultivating imple- Figure l, is a plan View of a cultivatoi` ments adapted to operate upon opposite sides 100 showing an insect catcher constructed in acof a row R of plants. The numeral 26 indicordance with my invention attached Cates a traction' and supporting beam of the thereto; cultivator by means of which the cultivator Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view is drawn along the row and which extends 5o taken through the cultiva-tor and `insect over the row R of plants. In the use of my 105 catcher; device the insect catcher is arranged beneath Figure 3 is a plan view of the insect the cultivator with the narrow ends of the catcher detached, parts being `broken away; trough forwardly'directed, and the flexible Figure 4 is a section taken on the line elements 14 passed about the beam 26. These 4i--4 of Figure V3; and flexible elements are preferably in the form 110 i of chains so that the hooks may be engaged in a desired link to vertically adjust the insect catcher and hold the same in such vertical adjusted position. It will be obvious from an inspection ofthe drawings that when the cultivator v1s drawn longitudinally y of the row the plants will enter at the forward end between the side members and that the tapering troughs will move the plants toward a common center where they may be engaged by the V-shaped abutment member 2l. This abutment draws and pu-shes the vines offvto either side over the trough and drags and knocks the bugs from the plants into the troughs which are preferably filled Y plants coming up to one side or the other of -be seen that were supported and the planting point. This device is particularly adapted for use in connection with potato plants and,as is well known to those familiar' with the growth of these-plants, though the row may beplanted in a perfectly straight line, the plants will appear often as much as eightor ten inches to one side of the planting line.- It will accordingly the insect catcherV rigidly were no provision made to permit transverse movement of the rear end thereof, the plants, which areV readily broken, would be much damaged by the passage thereover of the catcher. l

From the foregoing it is'believed to be obvious that an insect catcher constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for the use for which it is intended by reason of the fact that it may be readily applied tocultivators now commonly inuse and furthermore by reason of the fact thatit permits of its usage with the cultivator without danger of breaking and destroying delicate plants which may have come up to one side or the other of the planting row. It will furthermore be obvious that the construction thereof as hereinbefore set forth is capable of y without materially departing from the spirit of my invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

The combination with ka cultivator embodying spaced gangs of cultivating elements and a draw beam supporting the same, of Vmeans carried by the beam for engaging plants of a row being cultivatedl and separating and collecting insects therefrom embodying spaced side members each provided on the inner face of the lower end thereof with a trough increasing in width from front to back, a substantially V-shaped abutment member disposed 'ntermediate' lsaid side members and having the apex portion thereof directed toward the forward ends of the members,V the ends of the arms of said abutment member flaring outwardly and Vbeing threaded, spaced aligned openings formedin said side members and through which the arms of said abutment member extendjand adjustment nuts mounted upon the arms of the abutment member and abutting the side members. i

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. l f

ZEPHINEAH -BURRoUGHs some change and modification 

